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Bleeding and Burning South Sudan
The video footage shows an unnamed patient groaning in pain as he lay sprawled on a bare bed in the crowded Juba Hospital ward. His left leg and shoulder are swathed in white bandages through which...
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The Mandela Factor
Nelson Mandela is renown across the world as a symbol of fight for justice, equality, democracy and human resilience in the face of adversity and suffering. But while his saint-like international...
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The Man Who Spermed a 1000 Babies
A long-dead Briton haunted the headlines a few weeks ago after it emerged that he might have fathered a thousand babies through donated sperms. And its not that Bertold Wiesner had a harem where he...
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The Rise of Robots
The year is 2035 and highly intelligent humanoid robots are swarming the streets, offices and homes slaving for their human masters in mundane chores like cooking, laundry and running petty errands...
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Kenyan Judicial Revolution
Driven by the new found freedom granted them by the just promulgated constitution, Kenyan judges have been giving verdicts that are more often than not on the collision course with conventional...
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The Roaring Rawlings
In a sea of well-cut Savile Row suits and ladies in mourning black hats and dresses, the thickset, elegantly graying man cut an impressive figure in a black open-neck Africa shirt.That was during the...
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Mandela: 94th Step Towards Freedom...
In the dawn of the twentieth century a boy was born in the sprawling hills of Mvezo, Eastern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa. Like Jesus Christ, few outside his family noticed his birth. And...
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Young, Black and Superich South Africans
They show up in Mondo suits, Roberto Cavalli shoes, and zoom around in Ferraris, Maserattis, Rolls Royces and Bentleys; Louis Vuitton sunglasses sheltering them from ultra violet radiation and eye...
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African Map An Accident of History
Throughout the history of mankind maps have been used as instruments of power and propaganda to justify occupations and invasions. These seemingly simple lines outlining the physical world on charts...
View ArticleMt. Kenya: The Climb.
Two weeks ago, I became part of the statistics of those who have climbed Mt Kenya as I joined more than 16,000 hikers, both local and foreign, who attempt to get to the peak of the mountain every...
View ArticleReality Shows: Theatre of Glamour and Drama
Living in close quarters for 90 days with complete strangers with 53 cameras monitoring every movement you make and 120 microphones listening to every word, hiss and sigh you make, the Big Brother...
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Dollars from the Dead
More than 20,000 people, mostly minors, are trafficked out or through Kenya annually to places like Asia, Europe and other African countries according to the International Organization and Migration...
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Poorism: Slum Tourism
Scenes of camera wielding gangs of exotic foreigners in colourful attire strolling through filth-ridden slum alleyways, charting with locals and buying trinkets while cheerfully inhaling whiffs of...
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Smarting Smartphones
They take photos, record videos, send real-time messages, play games, keeping personal diaries, access radio and television channels and tap into the internet superhighway giving the user millions of...
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The Chinification of Africa
Throughout history the Chinese merchants are famed for being street smart, calculating, cunning and possessing a good nose for business that have seen them traverse the world through the centuries,...
View ArticleWhats in a Name?
Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!What’s in a name? that which we call a roseBy any other name would smell as sweetUttered by Juliet to display his unflinching love for the legendary Romeo in...
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Sibusiso: First Black Man to Climb Mt. Everest
Climbing Mt Everest, the tallest mountain in the world, is the ultimate test of physical, psychological, mental and emotional endurance. What is more, it is one of the most expensive expeditions in the...
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Yahya Jammeh: West African Gaddafi?
Forever adorned in flowing white robes, a fez, dark glasses and clutching a Koran and an African walking stick, Gambian President Yahya Jammeh is feared and loathed by his enemies in equal measure. And...
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Toilet Tales and Loo Blues
Though it’s the most basic facility in a human house hold the toilet is more often than not ignored or treated with disdain. In many African societies its mere mention borders the taboo associated with...
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Secrets of Secret Societies
Secret societies, as the name suggests, have for years remained a subject shrouded in mystery, heresy, gossip and conspiracy theories. This, perhaps, owes to the fact members are sworn to oath of...
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